Love’s Travel Stop

I Love Loves!!! These are rare in Southern CA so I was pretty excited when I actually stopped here. The nearest one to me is about 2 hours away, in Barstow. I learned that Loves is a family owned business headquartered in Oklahoma & there’s a little more than 300 locations. I stopped here on my road trip from Minnesota back down to Socal.
I was VERY impressed when I walked in — BTW this isn’t my first time in Colorado, I’m originally from Wyoming so Denver was a city I made frequent trips to growing up. Because of that I wasn’t really looking into buying souvenirs — but this IS THE PLACE if you are looking for the like. There is a wide variety of goods: t shirts, magnets, keychains, shot glasses, etc. I ended up buying this adorable cowbell keychain — could’t resist!
The area is pretty busy too for being in the middle of no where — it gets congested because there’s a big box store near & a ton of truckers stop here.
I’m bummed there aren’t more LOVES in SoCal (the closest one to me is in Barstow, near the Nevada border) — but this is more for truckers so I suppose it makes sense they are more in smaller towns.
Who wouldn’t love Loves? This is worth the stop!

Everyone knows that Truck Stops are the «Secret Gem» when traveling.
This Love’s is no exception.
Well-​Lit at night, clean, friendly, chatty staff, and… oh yeah, good coffee!
I’m one of those people who is proud to admit that, sometimes, I LIKE that powdery-​machine-​pressa-​button-​get-​cappuccino coffee! Most often, that’s late at night on a long drive, and this Love’s certainly fits the bill for that. Multiple flavors of «Insta-​chino» suits me just fine.
The store seemed well-​stocked in goodies, drinks, sundries, beef jerkies, snacks, tourist grab-​n-​go-​stuff, and more.
There’s a Chester’s Chicken attached, and while I didn’t eat, it looked clean and good, also.
Hooray, Truck Stops!

Clean, friendly, easily accessible, and competitive pricing. What else are you looking for out of a gas station?

This Loves gas station and truck stop was clean. I didn’t like the green flashing arrows on the pumps, as it’s especially distracting at night. There’s a Chester’s chicken and McDonalds in the building. We were able to get in and out pretty quickly and the prices seemed to be typical for the area.

Friendly staff… they know us by name and always clean. Plus a McDonald’s that serves breakfast starting at midnight. My only complaint would be to train the McDonald’s staff better at making coffee drinks.